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murmuring brooks seem to invite the feathered choir to assist 

 with their song in enlivening the consecrated spot. 



3. The temples of Jupiter and Apollo should stand on gently 

 elevated situations, and the plantations around them should con- 

 sist of slender-growing trees that have a light and cheerful cha- 

 racter. A stream, like that of Hippocrene, should have its 

 source near the temple of Apollo, and around it should be a 

 grove dedicated to the Muses, and interspersed with flowering 

 shrubs. 



4. The favourite abode of Diana was near the woods, and her 

 most favourite occupation was hunting. A temple dedicated 

 to Diana should therefore be in a wood, as such a situation 

 would be the most suitable for this goddess. 



5. Minerva is of great consideration in the arts and sciences. 

 A temple should therefore be dedicated to her in a most im- 

 portant situation, but the style of building should not be of a 

 dull melancholy character. 



6. Temples dedicated to Neptune, Amphitrite, Galatea, 

 Thetis, or the Nereides, should be situated on islands, or on the 

 banks of lakes, ponds, or streams. 



7. Mercury, the god of eloquence and commerce, the recon- 

 ciler of disputes, should have a temple dedicated to him on a 

 carriage road, or in the interior of a wood, near a dark-shaded 

 river, which may be supposed to be the Styx, and where he is 

 lo appear as the attendant of the departed in Elysium. 



8. The temple of Vesta should be on a piece of water, or on a 

 river in a sacred grove, such as the temple of Vesta at Rome, 

 which is situated on the banks of the Tiber. 



9. The temple of Bacchus should be on a hill overlooking- 

 vineyards; and the temple of Ceres, where a fine view can be 

 obtained of the neighbouring fields of corn. 



10. Temples dedicated to Hercules and Vulcan should stand 

 in situations where Nature displays herself powerful, and in bold 

 forms and masses, where piles of rocks have formed terrific 

 caves, and where ancient oaks are seen in abysses and on steep 

 declivities, as emblems of power and strength. 



V. On the different Kinds of Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers, ivhich were particu- 

 larly dedicated to the different Gods and Goddesses, and which should surround 

 their respective Temples, as Part of their Attributes. 



The British oak (Quercus i^obur) and the common beech (i^agus 

 sylvatica) were sacred to Jupiter ; they were also dedicated to 

 Ceres, Vesta, Rhea, Bacchus, and Sylvanus. The chaplet of 

 oak was the symbol of victory, and the oak tree itself the symbol 

 of power. The civic crown of the Romans was composed of 

 oak leaves, and poets and artists were honoured with wreaths of 



